Randy.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
In the vbulletin forums that I have seen this feature used, it did not require a new column. The date was simply added as text to the end of the topic name. I understand your need to keep the screen size smal and more importantly consistent. No admin want to receive 100's of emails about an unintended bug.
For me being a relatively new to FT, I can't hope to read every post in the many forums that I follow. Having the date started field would help me (and others) decide if I wanted to start down a multiple page thread. And thanks to a kind FT'er I ordered 2x Dell 20" Widescreen monitor, so screen size is not an issue for me.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410058
Anyway that's my 2 cents. Thanks for taking the time to review my feedback.
Originally Posted by Randy Petersen
It probably has more to do with our goal to keep FT clean. Is this possible? Of course. But not without adding an additional column to the layout and that will mean either a larger screen or a longer one since we can restrict the screen size but it forces the thread title - and the Expedia one - to perhaps become a three-line thread title rather than a two-line. This of course will be compounded by a larger number of being eligible for this.
As for it being an older thread? For some it doesn't matter since the bump usually creates new information making it a "remodeled" thread. I'm not sure that this makes much difference to a vast majority of members but we do know that messing with the screen size and complexity does make a difference.
The ultimate would be for members to choose their own and let us see what we can do. We are awaiting final tests of a newer version of vBulletin and perhaps in this upgrade there will be additional flexibility on the user level for this to happen. Because of the size and traffic if FT, we have opted not to be among the ear;y adopters of any version change for vBulletin, accepting that what we have works pretty good right now and let others find performance and other bugs first.
We always appreciate any interest in these types of suggestions and our goal is to somehow manage the overall clean look with individual preferences.
Randy